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    New York’s secret subway…blown up

    New York’s secret subway…blown up

    FromThe Backstory with Patty Steele

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    New York’s secret subway…blown up

    FromThe Backstory with Patty Steele

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    Length:
    6 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 27, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    NYC streets in the 1860s were filthy, bumpy, and fiercely crowded. Then an ingenious guy built a working demo of a wind-driven underground railroad…the first subway. But corruption let the air out of his idea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
    Released:
    Oct 27, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.